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3) Buffalo Bill
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This historical epic follows Buffalo Bill from his adventures in the West to his corageous battles in the East, where he travels to condemn the slaughter of the Indians and buffalo.
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Four theatrical families of the 1980's recreate the most wanted criminal families of the 1860's. This portrayal of the Jesse James gang is a rapidfire succession of thrilling moments -- the bandits' lightning attacks on banks, trains, and stagecoaches ; their hairbreadth escapes from the law ; Jesse's jubilant wedding celebration ; and the tragic Great Northfield, Minnesota raid.
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George Temple (Ford) is a quiet store owner who, unlike other men in town, neither carries a gun nor drinks. But George has a secret, and when a vicious killer, Vinnie Harold (Crawford), comes to town his secret comes out. They are forced into a showdown in this tension-filled, action-packed western, and the second fastest gunman won't make it out alive.
9) The Alamo
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At the Alamo, 185 men joined together to stand firm against a Mexican army of 7,000 and willingly gave their lives to insure the eventual independence of Texas.
10) Apache
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The story of Massai, the last of the fierce Apache warriors, and his single-handed, bloody war against the entire U.S. Army. The former pacifist learns "might makes right" from the oppressive soldiers, and seeks to defend the rights of his tribe after the 1886 humiliating surrender by their chief Geronimo.
11) The Big country
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A retired ship captain moves west to marry and start life over as a rancher. He finds himself between two families at war over cattle watering rights, unaccepted by the local people, and in a deteriorating relationship.
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"Although Buffalo Bill has fought Indians and Civil War battles, nothing can prepare him for his newest challenge: show business! His 'Wild West Show' is hugely popular, but when he signs a former enemy, Sioux Chief Sitting Bull, for a featured role, a hysterical clash of cultures reverberates far beyond the boundaries of their sprawling outdoor theater. And the complications only multiply when the troupe discovers it must put on a special command...
13) Chato's land
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A half-breed Apache kills in self defense and then finds himself on the run from a posse determined to see him hang.
14) Comes a horseman
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A World War II veteran and a woman rancher team up to fight for their land when both are threatened by a greedy cattle baron.
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Colonel Marlowe is in command of a motley assortment of 1200 Union volunteers whose task-- and apparent suicide mission-- is to infiltrate 300 miles of Southern territory and destroy the most strategic rail route in the Confederacy. Marlowe's life is complicated by his ferocious running feud with the company's surgeon, Major Kendall.
17) The Kentuckian
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Follows Kentuckian Big Eli Wakefield as he and his son travel to Texas in 1820 to start a new life. Includes original theatrical trailer.
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Lord John Morgan (Harris), disillusioned with the "civilized" aristocracy of England, returns to the American West in search of the vigorous life he once led among the proud Yellow Hand tribe. But what he finds instead is destruction: a brutal and bloody war inflicted on his adopted blood brothers by an unscrupulous trapper and his followers.
